Just curious what people here do for their routines.
Do you focus on one lesson at a time, or stroll through a few lessons? How much active learning and how many lessons are you going through a day?
Just curious what people here do for their routines.
Do you focus on one lesson at a time, or stroll through a few lessons? How much active learning and how many lessons are you going through a day?
I was going to answer this, but I figured āwhatās the point?ā If you are just curious, you donāt need my help. On the other hand, if you are looking for more efficient ways to do things, then you should probably aim your question at people in a similar situation. For example, first time language learners learning a single, rather difficult language, exclusively on lingQ.
I was going to answer this, but I figured āwhatās the point?ā
Then why even respond?
I guess I shouldāve been more specific. Iām curious what people found to be more useful, listening to lessons in bulk, or focus on one or a handful of lessons at a time.
Do people have days where they want to focus on specific skills? Perhaps my reading isnāt the best, so I do some remedial exercises to help my reading.
When people prepare for a new lesson, do people read through it first, then listen, or listen to check what they can understand first?
Everyone does it in the way that is more comfortable for him.
The people who have āgood earsā can listen more.
But I learn first of all with my eyes. I have to read firstly(if I have such an opportunity) and listen after that.
And some of my students need writing in order to remember words better.
Itās very specific.
You have to find such a way of learning that is more suitable for you.
It does also for a quantity of the lessons.
I never do in a go more than one difficult lesson or two easy lessons. I just lose my atttention if I try doing more.
But I can do one lesson a day in 5 languages.
But some people prefer several lessons a day only in one language.
Itās all very specific and depends only on your habits and your time.
Hi there.
I usually go for 5 new lessons a day. My routine looks like this:
e/ Thatās for my Italian. Since Iām so new to the language the process takes quite some time.
For English I just import a bunch of articles and read them creating lingqs whenever I encounter new words I donāt know or I am not sure about their meaning. After reading the complete article, I move all new words to āknownā. I read a few articles a day. In addition, I watch a few episodes of tv series like Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, etc. a day, whenever I got some time. I use English subtitles.
Have a great day!
Greg
This is what I do:
I aim for 1hour a day, which usually is about 200-250 new LingQs and 125 LingQs learned for me. I am studying Chinese, but I believe I have quite a solid basis on which I can set the LingQs learned rather quick.
I do this in the following order.
When I am doing chores I sometimes just replay some of the lessons I have viewed before. There is so much content, that for me I donāt find it very useful to repeat lessons until I know words that I will probably never need to know and the words that I need to know will come back in other context and will eventually stick.
I also do 100 flashcards a day and watch Chinese tv series with English subtitles sometimes.
Everyone has his own way, it depends on your learning preferences and probably also on the target language/content
Then why even respond?
To let you know that itās unlikely youāll get useful information from such a general inquiry.
I donāt think you needed to be more specifc (though that always helps)-- youāre question was legitimate. I am curious to read the responses!
Michael
I tend to listen to a lesson first and then check my understanding by reading it. Doing this allows me to focus more on the listening, which Iām weaker at. I generally stroll through several lessons on the same day, as if I focus on one lesson, I get bored easily.
Otherwise, I donāt really have a routine, most of the time I practise several aspects of the langage on the same day (reading, listening, learning vocabularyā¦) but I can sometimes concentrate on a single aspect if I feel the need to do it . A few years ago, I spent about two hours a day for three months practising only grammar.
I keep improving my English and now Iām starting to learn Chinese.
This is what Iām doing now:
*at morning
- Reviewing Chinese characters and vocabulary after I wake up
- 1.30 to 2 hours of listening Chinese in the way to work (yeah, I work far away from my home :P)
at noon
- 1 hour of listening news in English and sometimes listening a little more of Chinese (in the way back home)
- 1 hour getting new Chinese lessons from LingQ (the amount depends of how many new words I get, usually 2 to 4 lessons at a time).
- Learn new Chinese characters (usually 10 each time) and save them to review on Anki next morning
at evening
- I save and import the audio from the lessons Iāve learned to my iPod to hear them next day.
- I write on a personal diary what Iāve done for language learning that day (I like the idea to record and track my daily studies).
- To relax a little before sleep I usually read a English book.
Looks like a massive action. Undoubtfully you will succeed in a blink of an eye!
It looks like a lot but actually except for when Iām learning new characters or reading Chinese lessons on LingQ, the rest is done mostly using my dead time. Reviewing takes me only 15 minutes or so.
This is a good question. Thanks for asking it.
I aim for an hour a day. I do flash cards on my commute to and from work. I listen to favorite content from the library at least once a day. I chat with friends in countries that speak my target language during the course of the day and try to have verbal conversations on the weekends. I also casually scout around the net for new content that interests me and I make new lessons out of that. I have had good success here finding people to transcribe some of that content. And occasionally I get friends to record audio files of written content that I like.
Iāve actually been really bad the past few weeks about interacting with my target language. But alas, I use twitter like crazy to improve my read skills. I follow many Spanish news stations. So I generally, when Iām on track, read about 3-6 articles a day from various sources. I will also incorporate some content from LingQ to help with my listen skills. I would recommend Twitter to anyone who canāt find interesting material to read. I havenāt found much listening material. When ride my bike I will listen to Spanish sermons and audio books. All together I spend about 2-3 hours with Spanish a day if I am on track.
My daily routine:
reading and lingq:ing | 2 x 25 min
watching a video (usually while eating) | 25 min
reading out loud | 10 min
writing | 15 min
Wulfgar: how do you do the Chinese flaschards on Lingq? Iām having a problem because I donāt know when to count a flashcard as having gotten it right. Do I count a flashcard right only if I am able to recognize the meaning and pinyin from the character? or should I only be trying to recognize the meaning? should I do only dictation flashcards? let me know what your method is, if you donāt mind!
Thanks!
how do you do the LingQ flaschards? Personally Iām having trouble knowing when to count a flashcard as having gotten it right. Do I count a flashcard right only if I am able to recognize the meaning and pinyin from the character? or should I only be trying to recognize the meaning? should I do only dictation flashcards?
Any help much appreciated! Thanks!
You are very success with your question, congratulations. Also, I have interested in the answer. I am focused in English for the moment. I read a listen one o two new lessons for the day. I change all word blue in yellow. But is no matter if I do not understand properly. I read and listening many times. Also, I see again old lessons from the day before. I do not use any flash card, it is very boring and artificial. I read a lot and in some time I see the same word in many places and in different contexts. Then I can understand and remember the word. Naturally, I can remember when I read, it is most difficult when I write or speak.
Also, I read aloud some lesson of lingq and I record me. After I hear me. I write some bit about every day about the lesson I have heard. I hope this could be helpful for you.
Good luck.
wow , this is nice . Iām also focused in english at the moment. Most of my day I spend listening the lessons and reading ,I donāt write or speak (for now) but I think i should write more often because my writting is really bad , and as you write everyday ,do you think writting a little everyday is useful ?
I donāt use lingq flashcards; Iām not saying thereās anything wrong with them, Iām just used to anki. To answer your question about pass/fail, I personally fail cards if I miss anything. Iāve learned that being stringent with them is the way to get the most use out of them. Here is what I do on anki:
Card 1
Front = character
Back = pinyin, meaning
(if I donāt know either the pinyin or the meaning I fail)
example
Front = ä½
Back = ni3, you
Card 2
Front = compound (target character in pinyin, other characters in hanzi), meaning
Back = character
(if I canāt write the character I fail)
example
Front = ni3儽, you
Back = ä½